China started small-scale trials of waste sorting in 2000, but landfill sites and unmanaged waste continued to encircle cities and local people protested plans to build more incinerators. Gradually, ...

A man looking for recyclable materials from trash cans walks against strong winds blowing on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, April 17, 2011. There is an unending selection of restaurants in Beijing that ...

SHANGHAI — Since July 1, Mao Defeng and her husband have had to work from before dawn until well after sunset every day. Employed as sanitation workers by a residential complex in downtown Xuhui ...

China’s recent crackdown on the import of plastic waste will result in millions of tons of displaced plastic trash, according to new research. The ban will force countries like the US to find new ways ...

For years, China processed more than half of the world’s plastic recycling. Then, in 2018, it stopped. Things have gotten messy since then. Let’s play a game. Name a foreign policy decision that has ...

Celine Suiwriting for the South China Morning Post, Aug. 5: Shanghai’s waste sorting system adds yet another level to surveillance in China. In 2018, the city rolled out smart recycling ...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has launched a pilot program to create "waste-free cities" designed to use resources more efficiently and eliminate the growing health and environmental risks caused by ...

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The AI-driven textile waste sorting line has a processing capacity of approximately 2 tons per hour and is capable of high-precision separation across multiple material types, including: high-purity ...